SONAR 6 Producer Edition is the definitive choice for music creation and audio production, designed to take you from inspiration to masterpiece faster than ever before.
At every step of your production—from composing with virtual instruments, to recording, mixing, and beyond—SONAR gives you the professional tools and inspiring canvas that adapt to your unique style of music creation.
Change the way you work with instruments forever through SONAR 6’s innovative new Active Controller Technology™ (ACT). Tighten up your entire band with the revolutionary new AudioSnap™ feature set. And sound better than ever with the new VC-64 Vintage Channel™ and SONAR’s industry-leading 64-bit double precision mix engine.
Fast-forward your music production today with the unmatched music creation tools and sonic clarity of SONAR 6 Producer Edition.
SONAR 6.2 Update Now Available
The SONAR 6.2 update adds new features such as MIDI input quantize, a Bit Meter VST plug in, and X-Ray Windows, enhances Active Controller Technology and AudioSnap, and is also the first digital audio workstation to natively support Microsoft® Windows Vista. The SONAR 6.2 update is now available as a free download to registered SONAR 6.2 Producer Edition and Studio Edition Customers, visit the SONAR 6.2 product page for more information.
SONAR wins Electronic Musician Editor’s Choice
SONAR has been chosen as the Electronic Musician Editor’s Choice in the Digital Audio Sequencer category. SONAR Producer Edition’s 64-bit innovations, Roland V-Vocal™ and professional effects and instruments impressed the editors and ousted the competition. Pick up EM’s January 2007 edition to read more.
SONAR 6 Producer Edition Pro Review
Visit Craig Anderton's Pro Review of SONAR 6 on Harmony Central. This interactive, in-depth review gives you insight into the deeper features of SONAR while allowing you to ask questions and interact with the reviewer.
SONAR 6 Web Trial Now Online
Curious about what SONAR 6 can do for your studio? Test drive a special version of SONAR 6 for 30 days. Visit this page to download the SONAR 6 Web Trial.


Windows Vista Support

SONAR 6.2 was designed to work with Windows Vista™ in both 32-bit and 64-bit modes. SONAR 6.2 takes advantage of Vista multimedia innovations with WaveRT driver support for enhanced CPU performance at low latency audio playback settings, MMCSS (Multimedia Class Scheduler Service) support to give important SONAR processes such as the audio engine, prioritized access to CPU resources, and more. On x64-capable PCs running Windows Vista in 64-bit mode, SONAR 6.2 users will also experience benefits which include enhanced CPU performance and access of up to 128 GB of RAM.

"The PC has always been a vital tool for music creation, sound recording, and audio production," said Liron Shaked, Director, Microsoft Worldwide ISV Group. "With the release of Windows Vista and SONAR 6.2, Cakewalk is delivering industry-leading professional audio production tools for musicians and audio professionals around the world."

Pricing and Availability

SONAR 6.2 will be available late January, 2007 as a free download from www.cakewalk.com for all registered SONAR 6 Producer Edition and Studio Edition customers.